Ethan Arsht @ethanarsht. ethanarsht [at] gmail.com.
Dec 4
Napoleon was the Best General Ever, and the Math Proves it.
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Inspired by baseball sabermetrics, I opted to use a system of Wins Above Replacement (WAR). WAR is often used as an estimate of a baseball player’s contributions to his team. It calculates the total wins added (or subtracted) by the player compared to a replacement-level player. For example, a baseball player with 5 WAR contributed 5 additional wins to his team, compared to the average contributions of a high-level minor league player. WAR is far from perfect, but provides a way to compare players based on one statistic.
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Wonder if you could use this in CEOs, Managers, or even Individual Contributors in an enterprise?
Might make the process fairer and better.
Closest I’ve ever seen and been part of was “ratings and rankings” tried at AT&T and CSFB.
That broke down when you as a supervisor had a really good team. You’d be forced to pick winners and losers. Argh!
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